review Archive
06 Feb 2025
Book Review: Down on the Corner: Adventures in Busking & Street Music
Busking has a long, storied and often proud history. The practice of performing music in public spaces – ostensibly for free, presumably for tips – has been part of the […]
05 Feb 2025
Album Review: London Underground — Live at the 19th Dream of Dr Sardonicus Festival
One of the most musically luxurious yet overlooked subgenres of the 1960s was soul jazz. While within the jazz world, artists like Cannonball Adderley were finding the sweet spot in […]
24 Jan 2025
Film Review: Daytime Revolution
New documentary chronicles John and Yoko’s groundbreaking week on daytime TV In 1972, most Americans had a limited set of choices when it came to television viewing. Most markets – […]
23 Jan 2025
Album Review: Duke Robillard – Roll With Me
Singer-guitarist Duke Robillard has had a long, illustrious and creatively fruitful career. Co-founder of Roomful of Blues in 1967, he remained with that group for a decade, cutting a pair […]
22 Jan 2025
Album Review: Ping Rose – Conjure Man
With a dazzlingly varied musical back story, Memphis-born, Nashville-based guitarist, singer and songwriter Ping Rose makes music in the blues tradition. But while Rose uses blues as a foundation, on […]
19 Jan 2025
Album Review: Jerry McCain – Jerry McCain’s Blues Party
Born in rural Alabama in 1930, blues singer and harpist Jerry McCain developed the skills and fortitude to hold his own alongside artists like Little Walter and Sonny Boy Williamson. […]
16 Jan 2025
Album Review: Mitch Woods – Mitch Woods’ Happy Hour
Brooklyn-born, Bay Area-based pianist, singer and bandleader Mitch Woods has been making music for more than four decades. With his band the Rocket 88s, he has served up album after […]
13 Jan 2025
Album Review: def.fo – Music for Dinosaurs
When we last checked in with def.fo – the nom de rock of England’s Tom Powell – the music being made on Eternity was a kind of modern-day psychedelia. And […]
06 Jan 2025
Album Review: DB Edmunds — Everybody Knows by Now
DB Edmunds released his debut solo EP, Life’s Wild Ride in 2022. That set was the first new music I had heard from the North Carolina multi-instrumentalist since his days […]
05 Jan 2025
Single Review: Schizo Fun Addict – “Elevation Versus Sabotage” b/w “Coming to You”
Remember ‘80s bands like Wire Train and The Cure? Well, so, apparently do Schizo Fun Addict. Because while they write original tunes, the sound and feel of their songs is […]